In this episode of Faith & Family Bible Study, Steve Wood explores discipleship as the central strategy Jesus used to change the world. Beginning with Jesus’ call to the first disciples in Matthew 4:17–22 and ending with the Great Commission in Matthew 28:18–20, this study shows how the Gospel of Matthew is framed by one clear command: make disciples. Steve explains why Jesus prioritized close, relational training over formal education, why the first disciples were likely much younger than we often assume, and what this means for parents, families, and youth formation today. This episode lays the biblical foundation for building authentic, long-term discipleship that truly transforms lives.

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In this episode of Faith & Family Bible Study, Steve Wood walks through Gospel of Matthew chapter 4 and shows how Jesus models the way Christians are called to face serious temptation.

Examining the three temptations of Christ in the wilderness, Steve explains how Jesus resists the devil not with arguments or miracles, but with Scripture properly understood and internalized. From resisting the misuse of sonship, to refusing to test God, to rejecting Satan’s offer of worldly power, Jesus reveals the pattern every disciple must follow.

Drawing from both the Old and New Testaments—including the Psalms, Deuteronomy, and Revelation—this episode highlights why Scripture memorization is essential spiritual armor, especially in a world growing darker and more deceptive.

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In this episode of Faith & Family Bible Study, Steve Wood challenges parents and teachers to examine how Christian children are being formed. Drawing from Gospel of Matthew 3, he contrasts outward religiosity without repentance—exemplified by the Pharisees—with authentic, Spirit-filled faith.

Steve explains why much modern catechesis emphasizes religious facts and behavior while failing to touch the heart, contributing to the widespread falling away of youth. The key to true spiritual formation, he argues, is a lived experience of adoption as sons and daughters of God through baptism, as taught in Epistle to the Galatians.

The episode calls parents to pray for a full awakening of their children’s baptismal inheritance and to surround them with believers alive in the Holy Spirit.

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